...of feeling and life must depart, Ere the bloom of that valley shall fade from my heart. Yet it was not that nature had shed o'er the scene Her purest of crystal and brightest of green : * " The meeting of the waters " forms a part of that beautiful scanory which lies between Rathdrum...

...of feeling and life must depart, Ere the bloom of that valley shall fade from my heart ! Yet it was not that Nature had shed o'er the scene Her purest of crystal and brightest of green ; "I was not her soft magic of streamlet or hill ; 0, no ! — it was something more exquisite still....

...it was not that Nature had shed o'er tne scene Her purest of crystal and brightest of green ; 'T was not the soft magic of streamlet or hill ; Oh ! no — it was something more exquisite still : — in. T was that friends, the beloved of my bosom, were near, Who made every dear scene of enchantment...

...feeling and life must depart, Ere the bloom of that valley shall fade from my heart. it. Yet, it was not that Nature had shed o'er the scene Her purest...of green ; Twas not the soft magic of streamlet or rill, Oh ! no — it was something more exquisite still. III. 'Twas that friends, the beloved of my...

...rays of feeling and life must depart Ere me bloom of that valley shall fade from my heart. Yet it was not that Nature had shed o'er the scene Her purest of crystal and brightest of green ; 'Twas not her soft magic of streamlet or hill ; O, no ; it was something more exquisite still. 'Twas that friends,...

...of feeling and life must depart, Ere the bloom of that valley shall fade from my heart. Yet it was not that Nature had shed o'er the scene Her purest of crystal and brightest of green ; 'Twas not her soft magic of streamlet or hill ; Oh ! no— it was something more exquisite still. 'Twas that...

...of feeling and life must depart, Ere the bloom of that valley shall fade from my heart. Yet it teat not that Nature had shed o'er the scene Her purest of crystal and brightest of green ; " The people were inspired with such a spirit of honor, vir tue, and religion, by the great example...

...of feeling and life must depart, Ere the bloom of that valley shall fade from my heart ! Tet, it was not that Nature had shed o'er the scene Her purest...Who made every dear scene of enchantment more dear, And who felt how the best charms of nature improve, When we see them reflected from looks that we love....

...rays of feeling and life must depart Ere the bloom of that valley shall fade from my heart. Yet it was not that nature had shed o'er the scene Her purest...something more exquisite still. 'Twas that friends, the beloved of my bosom, were near, Who made every dear scene of enchantment more dear, And who felt how...

...&c., &c., &c. Yet, as the Poet sings of another bewitching landscape in the Vale of Avoca — " It was not that Nature had shed o'er the scene, Her purest of crystal, her brightest of green ; 'Twas not the sweet music of streamlet or rill, O, no ! it was something more...